Research Dev Associate V

IntroductionThe Office of the Vice President for Research is seeking a Director (Research Development Associate V) to develop and lead the Large Infrastructure Funding Team (LIFT), a campus-wide grant-development unit designed to build and support response teams for center, program, and other large-scale, interdisciplinary grant opportunities. Optimally, LIFT will have between 9 and 15 major grant applications in progress at any time. These grants typically require multiple components such as multi-university partnerships, industry partnerships, interdisciplinary collaboration, and expertise in curating a thriving and effective research environment.For example, LIFT will organize and coordinate responses to NSF Engineering Research Centers (ERCs), Science and Technology Centers (STCs), and Mid-Scale Research Infrastructure-1 (Mid-Scale R1) RFAs. LIFT will also build and guide teams responding to Department of Defense (DOD), Department of Energy (DOE), Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR), National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), and other large-scale Federal, State, and Foundation funding calls.About the RoleThe Director will play a key leadership role in the strategic planning and execution of LIFT. This includes independently overseeing, refining, and implementing LIFT’s functionality model, mission, budget, and policies in coordination with the Associate Vice President for Research Office and existing LIFT team members. A central function of this role is to work with internal and external stakeholders to increase program/center funding for the University of Utah.About the AVPR OfficeThe Associate Vice President for Research (AVPR) Office provides direct oversight of the University of Utah’s internal and external grant activity, grant development, institutional capacity building, and submission pipeline. The AVPR Office works to provide high-impact support, infrastructure, and resources for the University of Utah research community. The primary responsibilities of the AVPR Office include identifying and building resources that (1) expands the University’s scholarly and creative research portfolio, (2) increases high-profile, collaborative external funding submissions and awards, and (3) establishes critical grant-writing and research development support infrastructure. The AVPR Office also oversees the limited submissions opportunity selection process, the University Research Committee (URC), the VPR Office’s internal grants and research faculty award opportunities, the One Utah Research Council (OURC), and other research portfolio enhancement efforts.About the VPR OfficeIn 1968, the Office of the Vice President for Research (VPR) was created to promote and build research excellence at the University of Utah. The VPR office oversees numerous research administration units that provide support services, research opportunities, and professional development for researchers, students, and staff on campus. The reporting VPR units are responsible for compliance and safety; research education and training; grant proposal development and submission, and more. Through strategic leadership and planning, the VPR office provides effective resources that serve the University’s research community and accelerate innovation and discovery at the U.About the University of Utah and BenefitsThe University of Utah is located at the foot of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains and offers a rich benefits package for eligible employees including affordable health insurance on the first day, generous retirement contributions of 14.2%, 13 paid holidays per year plus vacation accruals each month, tuition reduction for employees and families, paid parental leave and more. Please visit our Benefits website for more information: https://www.hr.utah.edu/benefits/